Gers' team spirit not a worry - Edu

Maurice Edu claims reports of dressing-room unrest at Rangers have been "blown out of proportion".

In the wake of the Ibrox club's Champions League exit and the loss to rivals Celtic of their place at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, two stories of trouble within the camp emerged.

Edu, who is targeting the Old Firm game at Parkhead on January 3 for his first match of the season following his recovery from a knee injury, said: "It has been blown out of proportion. We know what's going on within our team, we know what our team morale is like and we know what the team spirit is like so it is not a concern to us."

He added: "It is not anything we worry about.

"There is always going to be talk about things happening at any club.

"Little minor things happen, nothing major and nothing to be concerned about. You just get on with.

"I've started training again, everyone is enjoying their football and we are all definitely on the same page in terms of we all want to get back to winning ways and performing the way we can and the next chance is this weekend, after a mishap against Aberdeen."

The United States international tried to put a positive spin on the pent-up frustration which appears to have boiled over at Ibrox.

"Everyone has their own motivation, whether it's personal motivation or for the team," he said.

"If it takes you to have a feud with someone or you are just self-driven, as long as it benefits the team then we will all be happy with the end result."